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Jul 22, 2005, 5:10 PM
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  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Barre, MA
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  | Skis - What is the worst pair you have ever had. Excluding hand me downs and the like, what is the worst pair of skis you have ever owned? Why were they the worst pair? I would have to say that the worst pair I ever owned were a pair of Blizzard TC23's, or was that TC27's, I don't recall exactly. These skis were total DOGS. They were 195cm of *#^@! They did not turn, were slow as heck, even after a good wax, and became noodles after being skied on 5 or 6 times. I've had several pair of great skis, including both of the skis I currently use, and the old straight Volants sitting in the corner.
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Jul 22, 2005, 6:33 PM
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  Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Woods at Jay Peak
Posts: 495
| Atomic CE Soft SL. Circa 1988ish. Bright yellow topsheet w/ dayglo pink bases  . After just three or four days on them the shovels developed horizontal cracks in them. They also end up skiing like I was standing on overcooked spaghetti.((* *))NHPH |
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Jul 22, 2005, 7:19 PM
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 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Draper, UT
Posts: 778
| Worst Skis A pair of RD's back in the early to mid 80's. They were very stiff and just didn't want to turn. They finally dropped their edges on some "frozen granular" at Hunter Mt. I too have a pair of Volant FX2 straight skis. I think they are 200cm. I still have them, and on occasion use them on really frozen surfaces when I need really sharp edges to hold me when I am going very fast doing GS turns. Absolutely nothing ever makes them chatter no matter how frozen the surface and how fast I go. It's actually scary at times when I think about what would happen if I actually fell! |
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Jul 25, 2005, 8:09 AM
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 DMC TUX Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hunter, NY
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| K2 Extremes(207cm).. Loved the way the skied... BUT... First pair I flattend..(replaced by K2) Second pair I delaminated...(replaced by K2) Then they sent me a pair of SLC(203cm) which I bent in a bump comp...
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Jul 25, 2005, 8:19 AM
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  Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT
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 | My first skis were a pair of $99 Elans. Those skis were pretty bad. The tip on one of them split right down the middle while at Killington after only a season of use. A bit of duct tape solved that one... Next set were Blizard TCSs. They were big (205 cm) and heavy and as a low intermediate at the time, were probably a terrible ski for me. I skied them for a couple of seasons and then got my first set of shaped skis - Dynastar Max Ones in 190 cm. What a difference from the Blizzards! I swear that the time I put in on the Blizzard probably helped me improve and really showed once I got on a set of skis better suited for me in the Dynas. I'm now on '02 182 cm K2 Axis X Pros. They are nice stable skis, but heavy and stiff. I'll be looking into something lighter and a bit softer very soon. |
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Jul 25, 2005, 8:23 AM
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  MRG-20th hole Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hopewell Jct., NY
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Jul 25, 2005, 4:01 PM
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 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nashua, NH
Posts: 596
| My first pair of skis - 160cm Hummer's. No lie, that was the brand - not sure what the model name was. Bright yellow with orange lettering. This was '79 or '80. Probably better than renting at the time but not much... |
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Jul 25, 2005, 8:47 PM
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 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sugarbush, Vermont
Posts: 539
| For me it would be a toss up, which may not be a good thing on skis.  My first pair were Yamahas. No they weren't a bike or an organ. They were skis.. sorta. They had a paragragh on them about how they were great in any condition. I remember lying on the ground, reading that paragraph. You pressured them for a turn and they waved bye bye to you. The second pair, well, I had som Pre M5s. They were a great ski. After a number of years, I wanted to replace them with something similar. A guy at Buchikas assured me these grey Pre skis would be as good. I kept them for 3 years and tried them in a number of conditions. I never had a good run on them. Just too soft. Best thing I did was to pull their bindings and put them on a pair of Solomon Axendo 8s. At least they got some use.  |
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Jul 25, 2005, 11:09 PM
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 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Southeast NH
Posts: 3,267
| I've enjoyed pretty much every ski I've ever owned - even my Kazama 150's with the five 'bullet holes' in the tips that I had back in 4th grade in 1984. I certainly got frustrated with the Salomon's I skied on in High School in the early 90's as I seemed to blow them out after 20 days skiing bumps. Then again, they had a rather generous 2 year warranty, so I paid for 2 new pairs at the time, but ended up parlaying that into 6 new pairs. boots - now that's a different story..... |
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